Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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U. S. S. SYLVANIA IAFS-23 FLEET POST OFFICE 4 NEW YORK 09501 T0 THE SYLVANIA FAMILY, Vogiaihe once bald: nNot to be occupied and not to exitt ahe one and the tame thing 5oh a man.H with thote gew wohdb V lt t hed the eiience og a puhpote to lige: to wohh tg cheztecaiouexcel and to be COHCQ1HQd about the wohld and, itb aggaiht The Sixth gleet it hQRQ in the Meditehhanean becaute the United Statet govehnment it concehned and C0166 about the wohld and itt d66dLlb SYLVANIA at a gatt combat Atohet Ahip, it hehe to QHAURQ that the daily needa og all otheh Sixth gleet Ahipb aihchagt and theih chewa QRQ met Needb that include evehy conceivable item ghom bhQQh6dAi ceheal to Ateel-toed Ahoeb to exthaohdinahily coatly electhonic componentb 6oh ouh vabt ahhayb og complex weapont Ayttemt The team eggoht og ouh CRQW in phoviding thete needt it vividly evident in the paget that gollow made pottible thhough the medium og photoghaphy An extended deployment it a memohable event in a Navy man A caheeh Each og ui have dhawn unique QXPQHLQHCQA ghom the chuibe Expehiencea that will hemain with ua the M261 og ouh livet It it at a memento og ouh toon to be completed voyage that thih chuite booh dehivet itz concept, to captuhe and pheaehve tome og thete expehiencet, both agloat and aahohe Ai you lldd ouh booh it ihould be abundantly CZQQM that evehy man it a vitally impohtant membeh o5 the team. without theih dedication to duty Aelg bQClL6LQQ and hahd wohh, SYLVANIA would not move 6hom the pieh much lebb 6ul6ill heh mitbion o6 Auppoht to the Sixth gleet In CQMRULHQ out thib diggicult mibbion, the QKQW og SYLVANIA youh men in my chahge have 50h the moat paht excelled in theih capacity goh eggoht and diaplayed flufy magnigicent pehgohmance. Some gew lebb gohtunate and gound laching wehe unable to with- Atand the ALQOR6 and had to be ditmiibed begohe completing thib CRULAQ Thehe Aimply it no place 5oh ineptitude and mQdi0CkQ pehgohmance to the dethiment 05 ouh mibtion ouh Ahipmatet and ouh way og lige Foh thoae 05 you who have enduhed the Aepahation o6 y0uh loved oneb my heahtgelt ghatitude goh youh Auttenance in the gohm 05 devotion and aggection to thete young men, my CRQW, duhing ouh pehiod 05 pholonged abbence Each one og you can be pK0ud 06 youh man at Z am 50h I QAAUHQ you that they have wohhed hahd and in A0 doing have COHflLbufQd in lahge meatuhe to the Aucceab 05 ouh Chutbl and the paht we have played in making the wohld a betteh place to live if he Lfzdaacg- R C MITCHELL F p I p 9 0 1 ' ' ' 1 1 , 1 0 I 1 1 I ' 0 I 1 1 I I ' 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 o ' 1 o 1 1 1 C 1 1 ' 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 1 , , I , 1 5 P I 1 ' 0 ' ' ' v 1 1 1 1 , 9 ' I 1 i ' , 1 1 1 , , ' ' o F I I . ' f o 1 .7 ' 1 ' I 0 1 , , 1 ' ' 1 1 1 0 JOH . , .......hl

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